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Configuring Power Center
You can configure all the Power Center settings in the Settings page. Follow
these steps:
1
Click Edit on the selected settings.
2 Enter or select a new value.
3 Click Apply .
Some settings will take effect immediately; some will not. See the following
sections for more specific information.
Monitoring Settings
These settings are used to enable/disable the monitoring and set the sampling
interval.
• Monitor all devices and groups — Select to enable or disable monitoring of
all devices and groups. The default is
Yes . If you select No , you cannot view
the device/group power and temperature details.
•Power sampling interval
— Power Center gets power data according to the
sampling interval you set (1, 3, or 6 minutes). You can view the power data
in the
Power Details page. The default is 1 minute. For more information
on power details, see the "Power Monitoring" chapter.
• Temperature sampling interval
— Power Center gets temperature data
according to the sampling interval you set (1, 3, or 6 minutes). You can
view the temperature data in the
Temperature Details page. The default is
1 minute. For more information on temperature details, see the
"Temperature Monitoring" chapter.
Recommended Sampling Intervals for Performance Tuning and Scaling
It is important to configure appropriate Power and Temperature Sampling
Intervals in Power Center. The sampling intervals impact the system
performance and footprint significantly, including network bandwidth
consumption, database size, and trend graph display latency.
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